sample

noun samples

1. A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen. a blood sample
2. A subset or portion of a population that is systematically selected for measurement, observation, or questioning, with the objective of generating statistical information that accurately reflects the characteristics of the entire population. Large samples are generally more reliable than small samples due to having less variability.
3. A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.
4. A small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc., typically given away for free.
5. A borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.
6. obsolete Example; pattern. Thus he concludes, and euery hardie knight / His ſample follow’d, and his brethren twaine, / The other Princes put on harneſſe light, / As footmen vſe.

Similar: example, specimen

verb samples · sampling · sampled

1. transitive To take or to test a sample or samples of. They had just finished their breakfast, and the sight of the remains of it almost overpowered me. I could hardly keep my wits together in the presence of that food, but as I was not asked to sample it, I had to bear my trouble as best I could.
2. transitive To reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal.
3. transitive To reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new piece of music. To address this novel legal quandary, one legal treatise on copyright has developed the concept of fragmented literal similarity, a method of determining whether a sample-based work is substantially similar to the source it sampled. The name reflects the exactness of the similarity between the snipp
4. transitive To make or show something similar to a sample. It means that a larger image field can be sampled from a lower resolution copy without much loss in comparative data, only the number of data points to be manipulated.

noun

1. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of signs and symptoms, allergies, medications, past pertinent history, last oral intake, events leading to present illness.

proper noun Samples

1. A surname.